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I did the online registration with the state a while back (embarrassingly far back, but still under a year) for the wife and I. I’m the world’s biggest procrastinator…

I finally forced her to the class with me back on Sept. 5th & 6th @ Top Gun which gets a thumbs up from me. Buzz was the instructor for the weekday classes. Interesting guy…

Anyhow, I mailed off the packets and they were received on Sept. 10th. Website still shows Packet Mailed to Applicant so I’m pulling up a barstool and waiting it out here.

To help pass the time (actually it’s more like self torture), I picked up a PF-9. So far, I’m pretty impressed. No issues with recoil and it is surprisingly accurate. Through the 1st 100 rounds, I had 2 failures to feed with WWB FMJ ammo. One on round 47 and another on round 80 something. There was a lot of powder residue built up on the feed ramp so I think that may have been the primary issue. I need to give it a thorough cleaning and buff up the feed ramp.

I’ll update this post as status changes.

Welcome to the Waiting room and the Forum. Glad to see another CHL couple coming on board.

Finally flipped to Processing Application.

Just checked again this morning and...

Application Completed - license issued or certificate active

So if anyone is keeping score, the timeline was:

Packet Received by DPS on Sept. 10th
Processing Application on October 1st
Application Completed - license issued or certificate active on October 23rd

Assuming it shows up before the end of the week, it was a 6-1/2 week turnaround. Guess I can't complain.

I applied for the packet online so I already had my PIN when I mailed it back. I'm not sure if that makes a difference in processing time or not though. Also, Harris County is the only place of work or residence for the past 5 years so that was the only place they needed info from.

Interestingly, my wife's status says:

The data you have submitted indicates you may not be eligible for this service. Please verify the data submitted is correct. If you still cannot proceed, please contact DPS at 1-800-224-5744 or email chl@txdps.state.tx.us for more information.

I did a quick search and it sounds like that may just be a temporary computer problem. If it doesn't work itself out in a few days, I'll given them a call.

I get that error message every time I check. If I enter all the information a second time, I get "processing application".

That's usually what you get when you type in the wrong license number or PIN. Check to make sure you have both correct.

I was using copy/paste so who knows...

I checked just now and it shows "Application Completed - license issued or certificate active."

Weird.

Good deal, you're almost out of the waiting room!

Plastic was in the mail today...